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ELICITED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Called forth from a latent or potential state by stimulation
Example:
an elicited response
Synonyms:
elicited; evoked
Classified under:
Similar:
induced (brought about or caused; not spontaneous)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb elicit
Context examples:
Produced by activated progenitor T cells, Lptn belongs to the C chemokine subfamily and is a potent chemotactic factor for lymphocytes; IL-2 stimulates natural killer (NK) cells and may enhance a vaccine-elicited CTL immune response against tumor cells.
(IL-2/Lptn Gene-Modified Allogeneic Neuroblastoma Tumor Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
The cloth being drawn, and some sherry put upon the table (of which I had a glass), my aunt sent up for Mr. Dick again, who joined us, and looked as wise as he could when she requested him to attend to my story, which she elicited from me, gradually, by a course of questions.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I have proved you in that time by sundry tests: and what have I seen and elicited?
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Back came a cool letter from the editor that at least elicited Martin's admiration.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
She was so unusually roused, that I was glad to compound for an affectionate hug, elicited by this revival in her mind of our old injuries, and to make the best I could of it, before Mr. Spenlow and the clerks.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Upon administration, IL-2 and Lptn are secreted by the IL-2/Lptn gene-modified allogeneic neuroblastoma tumor cell vaccine, potentially enhancing the cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response elicited by vaccine neuroblastoma tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) against host neuroblastoma tumor cells.
(IL-2/Lptn Gene-Modified Allogeneic Neuroblastoma Tumor Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
I have seen in his face a far different expression from that which hardens it now while she is so vivaciously accosting him; but then it came of itself: it was not elicited by meretricious arts and calculated manoeuvres; and one had but to accept it—to answer what he asked without pretension, to address him when needful without grimace—and it increased and grew kinder and more genial, and warmed one like a fostering sunbeam.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
He rubbed out collars and cuffs, rubbing the starch out from between the double thicknesses of linen so that there would be no blisters when it came to the ironing, and doing it at a pace that elicited Joe's praise.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It appreciated fully the chain of national circumstances which had elicited this tribute from Montenegro's warm little heart.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
At any rate Cody asked him a few questions (one of them elicited the brand new name) and found that he was quick, and extravagantly ambitious.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
